Saturday, May 2, 2009

Awesome Close

Wow.  Just finished watching the Kentucky Derby.  Mine That Bird won with an amazing drive down the home stretch from the back of the pack to win by more than 6 lengths.  He was a long shot, cost $9500 (cheap in the world of horse racing) and came from New Mexico.  Most horses fly to the race - he came by horse trailer.  His trainer fell of his motorcycle prior to coming to Kentucky and had to negotiate the muddy footing on crutches.  Not that I minded, he was an a**.  The jockey was a hoot.  Had no teeth and talked like he just came out of the woods.  He was so excited to win the race he dropped his helmet on the ground and was riding the horse like he was on a trail ride on the way to the winners circle.  He acted like we would act if we won the Boston Marathon...had no idea what to do with himself!  Looks like all the horses came through in one piece which is good.

1 comment:

Alix said...

omg that was the most amazing thing i have ever seen. mind-blowing!